Texas AG Threatens To Shut Down Migrant Shelters

The Texas Tribune reports:

El Paso leaders on Friday denounced Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s threat to shut down Annunciation House, a network of migrant shelters that has been in operation for almost 50 years. “An attack on one is an attack on all,” U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, said during a news conference.

Annunciation House operates several shelters in El Paso, helping immigrants and refugees who are experiencing homelessness with various needs, including food and housing, and providing information on how to complete legal documents to claim asylum in the United States.

The nonprofit said it has helped hundreds of thousands of refugees who have come through El Paso by feeding and keeping them off city streets. Paxton accused the shelter of not complying with his order and asked the judge to revoke the nonprofit’s state registration.

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